The Dixie fire currently burning through Northern California has already consumed more than 700,000 acres becoming the second-largest fire in state history. Five of the 10 largest wildfires in state history occurred in 2020, including the August Complex fire, which tops the list as the first California wildfire to burn over 1 million acres. It remains to be seen whether the Dixie fire will end up in that range, but as of Aug. 24 here’s where it stands in comparison to the state’s largest fires. The Dixie fire has risen to be the 14th-most destructive fire in California, destroying 1,262 structures as of Aug. 24. At the top of the most destructive fires in state history sits the Camp fire, which destroyed 18,804 buildings and devastated the town of Paradise in 2018.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 24, 2021 17:48 UTC